Meaning & use

Spaghettified

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Stretched into a long, thin strand by extreme tidal gravitational forces, as matter falling into a black hole.

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Any astronaut falling into a black hole would be spaghettified long before reaching the event horizon.

The simulation showed a star being spaghettified as it was torn apart by the black hole's gravity.

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The term 'spaghettification' was popularized by physicist Stephen Hawking to describe this dramatic tidal stretching effect.

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